objective: to assess the effect of combination of pulsed electromagnetic fields (pemf) with predatory stress on transected sciatic nerve regeneration in rats.  methods: in sham- operated group (sog) the nerve was manipulated and left intact. the 10-mm rat sciatic nerve gap was created in rats. in transected group (transected) nerve stumps were sutured to adjacent muscle and in vein graft group ...

Small-diameter vascular grafts (VG) made from silk fibroin (SF) fibers by a double-raschel knitting method were prepared by coating their interior and exterior with different materials, such as SF or polyurethane (PU). The 1H spin density, 1H spin–spin relaxation time (T2) and diffusion coefficient (D) of the water molecules in the layer of the VG coated by these materials were non-destructivel...

This paper presents a Unified Modeling Language (UML) model for VisualAge Generator (VG) business-oriented applications. This model was defined to bridge between two different models, the object-oriented UML design model and the VG programming model, which use a procedural high-level 4GL. We introduce a prototype tool named VG UML Modeler which is implemented as a Rational Rose Language Add-in ...

OBJECTIVE To study cardiac, sleep-related, and emotional reactions to playing violent (VG) versus nonviolent video games (NVG) in adolescents with different gaming habits. METHODS Thirty boys (aged 13-16 years, standard deviation = 0.9), half of them low-exposed (≤1 h/d) and half high-exposed (≥3 h/d) to violent games, played a VG/NVG for 2 hours during two different evenings in their homes. ...

BACKGROUND The vascular tissue reaction to acute incomplete stent apposition (ISA) is not well known. The aim of this study was to characterize the vascular response to acute ISA in vivo and to look for predictors of incomplete healing. METHODS AND RESULTS Optical coherence tomography studies of 66 stents of different designs, implanted in 43 patients enrolled in 3 randomized trials, were ana...

Three oil-adjuvant vaccines of Pasteurella multocida 6:B were evaluated with respect to the level and duration of the humoral immune response produced in buffalo calves. Preparation 1 was a water-in-oil emulsion containing Marcol 52, Montanide 888 and antigen at a ratio of 6:1:3. Preparation 2 was a double emulsion containing Marcol 52, Arlacel A and Tween 80 in addition to antigen. Preparation...

Considerable evidence indicates an obligate partnership of the Drosophila melanogaster Vestigial (VG) and Scalloped (SD) proteins within the context of wing development. These two proteins interact physically and a 56-amino-acid motif within VG is necessary and sufficient for this binding. While the importance of this SD-binding domain has been clearly demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo, th...

In this paper we will discuss why in some circumstances people express their intentions indirectly: the use of Indirect Speech Acts (ISA). Based in Parikh’s game of part information and Franke’s IBR model, we develop a game-theoretic model of ISA, which is divided into two categories, namely non-conventional ISA and conventional ISA. We assume that non-conventional ISA involves two types of com...